Wheel for vehicles.



PATENTED SEPT. 18, 1906.

T. D. STAGG. WHEEL FOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED 00'1.28, 1905.

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WHEEL FOB VEHICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 18, 1906.

Application filed October 28, 1905- Serial Ne. 284,851

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Be it known that l, THOMAS DANIEL S'raco, managing director, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Selby, in the county of l'orlg-England, have invented certain new F and usetul improvements in or Rolatnn to Wheels l'or \ehicles; and 1 do hereby d glai e the l'ollo'wingto be a lull, clear, and description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it'apper tains to make and use the same.

This invention relatesto wheels for motorvans, motor-wagons, mot or-ears, and vehicles of every description, driving-pulleys, and the like, and has for its object an improved construeticfii of l'elly or rim whereby the spokes OfllLb U- held more securely in position, and it any should break or become damaged, new ones can be readily substituted for them, and, further, the telly maybe run either 'Jwith or without a separate tire, as desired,

the construction being such that whether the wheel is provided with a separate tire or not there is no working loose ol the spokes as a result of the "hammering, which the wheel is subjected to by traveling over rough ground and the consequent increase in the size of the tire as a result of this what may be termed beating-out process, as is the ease wit h existing wheels.

ln order that my invention may be clearly understood and readily carried into ellcct, I will describe the same with reference to the accom autying drawings, in -wh ich like letters of rel'erence indicate like parts where they occur, and wherein .ltigure .1 shows in side eievation a wheel provided with my improved l'elly or rim. Fig. 12 is a sectional view on the line i 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is asectional view on the line 3 'l of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an under side view of a part bl myimproved l'elly and shows a means of utilizing tilling-pieces for l'orming the side walls of the pockets and giving the wheel the appearance ot a wbod-t'ellied wheel. Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view ot part of the rim or l'elly and the detachable side plate or ring. l ig. ti shows a modilied l'orm oi rim in which alternate pockets are at opposite sides and in which separate covering-platesareemployed in place of a continuous ring. Fig. 7 is a sectional view on the litie t 2 of Fig. (3. Fig. 8 is an under side view ol' part of a rim, showing the complete pockets and the covering plates. Fig. 8) shows in side view part of a wheel with a rim similar to that illustrated atlFigsJlG, 7, and 8, but having its outer surface or tread in the form of strakes M. Fig. 10 is a plan view of same. Fig. 11 is a similar view, but with part of the rim broken away to allow ol" the pockets being seen.

in carrying my invention into ell'ect I make the folly of the wheel in the form of an annealed or other steel or suitable metal ring A, either formed by casting, forging, stamping or other suitable means, said ring A being of any suitable section and being either in one piece or built up of sections and being provided on its under side or inner face with a series of projecting walls A A and with a projecting llange or rib B (which latter may be continuous or not, as desired) at one side,

" the projecting walls and the flange or rib eonst ituting the two sides and back, respectively, o! a series of pockets, the projecting walls A and A" forming the sides and the llange the back of the said pockets, the front 01'' each pocket being open, a detachable ring 0 either complete or in sections being employed for completing the pockets, said ring being secured in position by bolts 1) or other suitable means when the spokes are titted in the wheel, said bolts passing through the loose ring C, through the spoke. E, and through the [hinge or rib B, which forms the back of the pockets, so securing not only the detachable ring, but the spokes in position.

1 preferably make the pockets tapered internally from front to back by increasing the thickness of the side walls and the base ol the pockets in a backward direction and the side walls from top to bottom also, this gradual increase in thickness of the side walls and the base of the pockets reducing the area of the pockets at the base and at. the back, the spoke ends being so shaped as to wedge therein and. being sullieiently wide as to project slightly beyond the front of the pockets. By this means any shrinkage of the spokes which would cause a slackness in the ordinary construction of wheel can be taken up and renewed rigidity be imparted to the wheel.

The pocket-ring may be provided with a circuml'ereniial channel running around it, if desired, as shown at Figs. ti, l3, and 15 in cross-section, to receive a rubber or other suitable tire l or a telly or both a tire and a tell The spaces between the pockets may be lilled up by means of filling-pieces Ur, ol' wood or any suitable material or substance, which not only give a linish to the rim, but prevent water, dirt, or the like from lodging in such ploying a loose ring for completing the pockspaces," and, if desired, such filling-pieces may constitute the sides of the pockets and the side walls be dispensed with, and at Fig. 4 I have illustrated a means of employing filling-pieces for that purpose; but i have shown the pocket-ring with a series of projecting parts or walls A, each. of which forms one side wall of a pocket, one side of :1 spoke end bearing against the side wall when such spoke is placed in position, the filling-piece G, fitting tightly between the side of the end of the spoke and the side of the end of the next spoke, acting as a chock or wedge between the ends of the two spokes, so dispensing with one of the walls of each pocket, a fillingpiece fitting between the ends of each two spokes throughout the entire-rin the loose ring 0 completingthe pockets, the fillingpieces being bolted to the said loose ring and the flange or rib of the pocket-ring, as are i also the spoke ends; but it-will be obvious that this arrangement may be modified-as, for instance, what I call the pocket-ring may simply be provided with the continuous flange or rib Bwithout any side walls, as be fore mentioned, the spoke ends fitting between the ends of't-he filling pieces or checks, the pockets thus being formed by the flange or rib B ofthe ring A forming the back of the pockets, the loose ring C the front, and the filling-pieces G the sides of the pockets.

In the modified form of rim or felly illustrated at Fl 's. 6, 7, 8, 9, l0, and ll of the accompanying drawings the front or open par of each alternate pocket faces in one direction and thefront or open part of each. intermediate pocket in the opposite direction that is, one series of pockets is formed on one side of the flange of the pocket-ring and the other series of pockets on the other side of such flange. A diagonal or other rib J runs from pocket to pocket around the whole inner circumference of the pocket--ring for strengthening purposes. -With this construction of ring each alternate spoke is put in at the opposite side. and in place o emets by covering up lhel'ronis or open parts I einplo loose caps (J, preferably a separate one for each pocket, the caps and spokes being bolted to the flange or rib B, forming the back of the pockets, as before described.

If desired, the connectingribs and the loose caps may be employed when the pockets all face in one direction.

' Having thus described my invention, what l claiin new, and desire to secure by Let tcrs Patent, is

i. in a wheel, the combination, with a II18 tallic rim provided with an internally-projecting cireumferei'itialflange and an inclined seat for the end of a spoke, of a spoke provided with a beveled end which abuts against the said seat, means for preventing the said spoke from slipping sidewise on the said seat,,a cover bearing against the front of the said spoke, and a bolt passing through holes in the said cover, spoke and flange and forcing '1' he beveled end of the spoke against the said seat.

2. In a wheel, the combination, with a metallic rim provided with aninternally-projecting circuinferential flange and a series of spoke-sockets the backs of which are formed by the said flange, the fronts of the said pockets being open and part ofihem. facing to one side of the wheel and ihc remainder to the other side, and all the said pockets having inclined seats for the ends of the spokes, a series of spokes having beveled ends which abut against the saidseats and fit in the said pockets, covers bearing against the fronts of the said spokes, and bolts passing through holes in the said covers spokes and flange and forcii'ig the beveled ends of the spokes against the said seats.

In testimony whereof l allix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS DANIEL S'FAGG.

lVit-ncsses:

EDTARI) BILTON, Geo. l. MARKUAM. 

